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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
EXTRAORDINARY
PART I—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 271] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2025/ASVINA 5, 1947
CG-DL-E-01102025-266578
6490 GI/2025 (1)
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)
(Directorate General of Trade Remedies)
NOTIFICATION
FINAL FINDINGS
Case No. – AD(OI):36/2024
New Delhi, the 27th September, 2025
Subject: Anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of “Calcium Carbonate Filler Masterbatch
" originating in or exported from Vietnam.
A. BACKGROUND OF THE CASE
F. No. 6/38/2024-DGTR.— Having regard to the Customs Tariff Act 1975 as amended from time to
time (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Act’) and the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of
Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995 thereof, as amended
from time to time (hereinafter referred as the “AD Rules”);
1. Whereas, the Compounds and Masterbatch Manufacturers Association of India (hereinafter referred to as
“CMMAI”) and Masterbatch Manufacturers Association (hereinafter referred to as “MMA”) (hereinafter
collectively referred to as the “petitioner” or “applicant”) on behalf of the domestic producers in India filed
an application, before the Designated Authority (hereinafter also referred to as the “Authority”) in
accordance with the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and the Anti-Dumping Rules for initiation of an
antidumping investigation on imports of Calcium Carbonate Filler Masterbatch (hereinafter also referred to
as the “product under consideration” or the “subject goods” or “PUC”) originating in or exported from
Vietnam (hereinafter also referred to as the “subject country”).
2. The domestic industry in the present case is fragmented and consists of large number of domestic producers
located across India, hence the application for anti-dumping investigation was filed by two associations
CMMAI and MMA on behalf of its members entities. All the relevant information in the prescribed format
as required under Trade Notice No. 09/2021 dated 29th July 2021 as amended vide Trade Notice No.
11/2021 dated 18th November 2021 (collectively, “Trade Notice 9/2021”) was provided.
3. The following twelve (12) applicant domestic producers (hereinafter referred to as the “domestic industry”)
of subject goods filed the required information in Annexure-I to Trade Notice 9/2021 for fragmented
industries:
i. Kandui Industries Private Limited
ii. Sonali Polyplast Private Limited
iii. Blend Colors Private Limited
iv. Bajaj Masterbatches Private Limited
v. Bajaj Superpack India Limited
vi. Bajaj Plast Private Limited
vii. Bajaj Polyblends Private Limited
viii. Siddh Chemiplast Private Limited
ix. Shri Ambica Polyfill
x. Soltex Petro Products Limited
xi. Alok Industries
xii. Alok Masterbatches Private Limited
4. Further, the following twenty-one (21) domestic producers supported the application and provided the
required data in the prescribed format:
i. Sonali Polymers Pvt. Ltd.
ii. Masterplast India Pvt. Ltd.
iii. Sri Maniram Synthetics Pvt. Ltd.
iv. S.P. Polymer
v. 365 Plastium Pvt. Ltd.
vi. N.P. Agro (India) Industries Pvt. Ltd.
vii. Satya Polyalloys LLP
viii. Adex Ployblend Pvt. Ltd.
ix. Rama Vyapaar Pvt. Ltd.
x. Bhagyashree Colors Pvt. Ltd.
xi. Swastik Plastoalloys
xii. Manan Polymers Pvt. Ltd.
xiii. Aditya Polyspin Pvt. Ltd.
xiv. J K Paras Ploycoats Ltd.
xv. Speciality Masterbatches LLP
xvi. Sachdeva Polycolor Pvt. Ltd.
xvii. Everplus Plastics Pvt. Ltd.
xviii. Manhar Polymers Pvt. Ltd.
xix. Dolphin Polyfill
xx. JJ Plastalloy
xxi. Prabhu Polycolor
5. And whereas, in view of the duly substantiated application filed by the petitioner, the Authority issued a
public notice vide Notification F. No. 6/38/2024-DGTR, dated 30th September 2024, published in the
Gazette of India, initiating anti-dumping investigation into imports of the product under consideration from
subject country in accordance with Rule 5 of the Anti-Dumping Rules to determine the existence, degree
and effect of any alleged dumping of the subject goods and to recommend the amount of anti-dumping
duty, which if levied, would be adequate to remove the alleged injury to the domestic industry.
B. PROCEDURE
6. The procedure described below has been followed with regard to the present investigation:
i. The Authority notified the Embassy of the subject country in India about the receipt of the present anti-
dumping application before proceeding to initiate the investigation in accordance with Rule 5 of the Anti-
Dumping Rules.
ii. The Authority issued a public notice dated 30th September 2024, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, initiating anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of subject goods from the subject
country.
iii. The Authority sent a copy of the initiation notification to the Governments of the subject country,
through their Embassy in India, known producers and exporters from the subject country, known
importers / users as well as other interested parties, as per the addresses made available by the petitioner
and requested them to make their views known in writing within the prescribed time limit.
iv. The Authority also provided a copy of the non-confidential version of the application to the known
producers/exporters and to the Government of the subject country, through their Embassy in India, in
accordance with Rule 6(3) of the Anti-Dumping Rules. A copy of the non-confidential version of the
application was made available to other interested parties, wherever requested.
v. The embassy of the subject country in India was suggested to advise the exporters/producers to submit
their responses to the questionnaire within the prescribed time limit. A copy of the letter and questionnaire
sent to the known producers/exporters was also sent to them along with the names and addresses of the
known producers/exporters from the subject country.
vi. The Authority sent exporter’s questionnaire to the following known producers/ exporters in subject
countries in accordance with Rule 6(4) of the Rules.
S.No. | Producer/Exporter
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1. | PMJ JOINT STOCK COMPANY
2. | CPI VIET NAM PLASTIC LIMITED
3. | UB MASTERBATCH JOINT STOCK COMPANY
4. | MEGA PLAST JOINT STOCK COMPANY
5. | ADC PLASTIC JSC
6. | HP CHEMICALS JOINT STOCK COMPANY
7. | POLYFILL JOINT STOCK COMPANY
8. | PHU LAM TRADE COMPANY LIMITED
9. | EUROPEAN PLASTICS JOINT STOCK COMPANY
10. | SUN PLASTIKS COMPANY LIMITED
11. | HUU NGHI PLASTIC COMPOUNDSJSC
12. | THANH XUAN STONE MINERALS JSC
13. | FIVE CONTINENTS PLASTICS JSC
14. | VSV GROUP CORPORATION
15. | VINARES VIETNAM JOINT STOCK COMPANY
16. | FILLPLAS COMPANY LIMITED
17. | BAO LAI MARBLE ONE MERMER CO LTD
18. | PLASTEX JOINT STOCK COMPANY
19. | MASKA GLOBAL COMPANY LIMITED
20. | VINA PLASTIC COMPANY LIMITED
21. | SUNSHINE PLASTIC COMPANY LIMITED
22. | CAPOT VIETNAM COMPANY LIMITED
23. | PHA LE PLASTIC MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY
24. | VIET TRUNG PLASTIC CHEMICAL JOINT STOCK COMPANY
25. | PLASTIC HA NOI TRADING JOINT STOCK
26. | FILTER MASTER BATCH JOINT STOCK COMPANY
27. | BEENPLAST COMPANY LIMITED
28. | VIETNAM COLOR TRADING AND MANUFACTURING BEEN A AND T
COMPANY LIMITED
29. | GLOBAL MINERALS JSC
30. | ANBIO JOINT STOCK COMPANY
31. | TLD VIETNAM JOINT STOCK COMPANY
32. | AN THANH BICSOL JOINT STOCK COMPANY
33. | MINH KHANG CHEMICAL TRADING JOINT STOCK COMPANY
34. | US MASTERBATCH JOINT STOCK COMPANY
35. | HOANG GIA MINERAL GROUP JSC
36. | DAI A INDUSTRAY JOINT STOCK COMPANY
37. | VIETNAM HANOTECH JOINT STOCK C
38. | AN TIEN INDUSTRIES JOINT STOCK COMPANY
39. | VITAPLUS JOINT STOCK COMPANY
40. | RAINFOREST EXPORT GOODS WHOLESALERS L L C
41. | ASIA PLASTICS INDUSTRY JOINT STOCK COMPANY
42. | VIETNAM INDUSTRIAL MINERAL INTERNATIONAL
43. | US MASTERBATCH JOINT STOCK COMPANY-HUNG YEN US
MASTERBATCH JSC
44. | CONG TY TNHH MINH HIEN LS DAPLAST JOINT STOCK COMPANY
45. | GCC MINERALS JOINT STOCK COMPANY
46. | NO MMA PLASTIC COMPANY LIMITED
47. | DUC PHONG MATERIALS CO LTD
48. | FILLER MASTERBATCH JOINT STOCK COMPANY
49. | POLY PLOY JSC SONG MINH IMPORT EXPORT COMPANY
vii. In response to the initiation notification, the following producers/exporters from the subject country
registered themselves as interested parties in the investigation:
S. No. | Producer/Exporter
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1. | NGHE AN EUROPEAN PLASTIC ONE MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY
2. | YEN BAI EUROPEAN PLASTIC JOINT STOCK COMPANY
3. | EUROPEAN PLASTIC JOINT STOCK COMPANY
4. | POLYFILL JOINT STOCK COMPANY
5. | AN TIEN INDUSTRIES JOINT STOCK COMPANY
6. | A DONG PLASTIC JOINT STOCK COMPANY
7. | VITAPLAS JOINT STOCK COMPANY
8. | VIETNAM INDUSTRIAL MINERALS INTERNATIONAL JOINT STOCK
COMPANY
9. | GCC MINERALS JSC
10. | VIET TRUNG PLASTIC CHEMICAL JSC
11. | US MASTERBATCH JOINT STOCK COMPANY
12. | US MB JSC HUNG YEN BRANCH
13. | FILLER MASTERBATCH JOINT STOCK COMPANY
viii. The Authority sent Importer’s / User’s Questionnaire to the following known importers of the subject
goods in India calling for necessary information in accordance with Rule 6(4) of the Rules.
S. No. | Name of Importer
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1 | ASIAN TRADELINKS PRIVATE LIMITED
2 | DVM PROTECH
3 | PARIKH PACKAGING PRIVATE LIMITED
4 | PREMIER POLYMERS
5 | SPINPACK INDUSTRIES CO
6 | NEELAMEGAM GANAPATHI RAM
7 | PADMA POLYMERS
8 | EUPHORIA PACKAGING LLP
9 | RAWPLAST IMPEX
10 | JUMBO BAG LIMITED
11 | GSV POLYMERS PVT LTD
12 | DOLLAR SENSE
13 | SOUTHERN BIO-TECH POLY INDUSTRY
14 | MITHILA PLYWOOD PRIVATE LIMITED
15 | INDO CHEMICALS PVT LTD
16 | PARASHNATH POLYPACK PVT LTD
17 | PRAGATI POLYPLAST INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
18 | NIRMAL PLASTIC INDUSTRIES
19 | GOTHI IMPEX